Horace in the Mega Vault, a new game for Windows, is released

Horace has always been a fan favourite among Spectrum owners, being the closest thing the machine has to a mascot. And this new game from Sunteam features not only him, but his father in a desperate bid to escape the Mega Vault.

Horace and Herbert (his gigantic dad) were taking a walk one day when the evil Doctor Zorklef captured them and locked them in his vault. But Horace is just small enough to squeeze through the cell bars and search for the key to escape. During his search, he must collect the flowers to feed his hungry father, while avoiding the traps such as moving mines, laser beams and the massive spikey Delta Block – all before time runs out.

The game itself is a somewhat-conversion of Imagine’s Mega Vault on the Vic-20. It replicates the two rooms from that game (with some slight modification due to the screen layout) but also adds several more original rooms for a total of 7. It’s a game of timing and dodging, and requires patience and concentration to clear.

Horace in the Mega Vault is available to download for Windows from the Sunteam website.